Plugin: Bidirectional Links

Dears,

just discovered this plugin, looks like it really can be of use.
The trigger "|||" is fine for me, since I am working in the MD editor.

There's room for improval, though: Bidirectional links should also be bidirectionally deleted.
Is that possible?

Cheers,

JetGum

sound goods to me. However, I don't think it will be implemented on this plugins. Probably, I will make it on DDDot as a part of the "Backlinks" panel. (e.g Select a backlink, right click, open a menu to remove bidirectional links)

Hi,

Unless I'm mistaken, the plugin no longer works since Joplin Desktop 3.1.1, perhaps this is due to the new default markdown editor?

I miss it a lot, I love this plugin that I use very often.

Is there a solution?

Thanks :slight_smile:

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I just rediscover this awesome plugin. I really like the possibility to insert the link at the top of the note, thanks for developing it.

Would it be possible to add a custom text before the links (e.g. "bidirectional link:"), or better two custom prefixes (e.g. "from:" and "to:"). This way, the link that is automatically created in the second note is clearly identified as bidirectional. Instead of being dropped out of context.

Thanks again.

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Release Notes 0.2.0

Changes

  • Merged Quick Links v1.3.2 with a fix for the CodeMirror6 plugin (Joplin >=3.1.x).

New Features

  • Target Link Prefix
    • You may add a prefix on the reversed link in the target note (e.g., "Referred by ...").

(Next release will rename the Target Link Prefix to Reserved Link Prefix)

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Just released a new version. Could you check is it alright? (I am still using 3.0.x series)

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Just released a new version with this feature (p.s I will rename to Reserved link prefix on next release) Could you see does it match your expectation? Forward link prefix is a bit trouble and I don't have time to implement it shortly.

That's perfect (tested on version 3.0.13). Thanks.

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Hi,

It works :slight_smile:

Thanks a lot!

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@benlau Sorry to ask, but for me it's not 100% clear what those options do exactly?

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(and I couldn't find any doc in 1st post or on github)

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Show notebooks - If it is enabled, it will show the notebook of the note (e.g the 5. Archive next to the note title )
Allow new Notes - If it is enabled, it will show New Note and New Task
Select link text after inserting - If it is enabled, it will highlight the note title after inserted. e.g select 2024-07-23 in this link : [2024-07-23](:/xxxx)

Prepend link instead of append - It will insert the reversed link at the beginning of the note instead of the end of the note.

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Hello,

Version 0.2.1 has been released.

No new features—just added support for the mobile platform, and it is now available for Android.

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Great plugin!

One question though: how would I get the Target Link Prefix to look like:

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where 2025-12-08 is the backlink.

Thanks!!